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New Ideas in Secondary Education
Ten programmes for teachers and parents on the changing scene in secondary schools
Introduced by DR. F. HILLIARD
8: Technology
Technology and engineering fail to attract many of the best brains in our universities and sixth forms. What about technology for the average schoolboy? How far are secondary schools meeting the needs of our technological society through their teaching?
Produced by Peter Jarvis

Contributors

Introduced By:
Dr. F. Hilliard
Produced By:
Peter Jarvis

A weekly discussion on cinema, theatre, books, broadcasting, and art
This week:
MARGARET DRABBLE , FRANCIS Hope
EDWARD Lucie-Smith
PETER PORTER
In the chair, RICHARD Findlater
Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Drabble
Unknown:
Francis Hope
Unknown:
Edward Lucie-Smith
Unknown:
Peter Porter
Unknown:
Richard Findlater

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including: tTurning Points in My Life:
EILEEN JOYCE , who returns to the concert platform tonight, talks to John Ellison
How to annoy me:
BASIL BOOTHROYD with some down-to-earth hints. 7: The Tourist Guide
All for a Dog: JANE PROBYN finds there are problems in sending a puppy by plane to Spain
Drop us a Line: Your news, views, and memories
Introduced by STEVE RACE

Contributors

Unknown:
Eileen Joyce
Unknown:
John Ellison
Unknown:
Basil Boothroyd
Unknown:
Jane Probyn
Introduced By:
Steve Race

Schoolhouse in the Clouds by sir Edmund Hillary abridged as a four-part reading by CARMEL Ross
Reader, GABRIEL WOOLF
Part 1
At the close of a Himalayan expedition Sir Edmund Hillary asked his native helpers what one thing they most desired. The answer was ' Schools ' and an old Sherpa remarked: 'Our children have eyes. but still they are blind.'
This is the amusing, often dramatic, story of Hillary's return to fulfil his promise.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Edmund Hillary
Unknown:
Sir Edmund Hillary

Inaugural Concert from
Queen Elizabeth Hall , London
HEATHER HARPER (soprano) JOSEPHINE VEASEY
( mezzo-soprano)
James Bowman (counter-tenor) PETER PEARS (tenor)
JOH Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
George Malcolm
(harpsichord and piano)
RALPH DOWNES
(organ and harmonium)
Osian Ellis (harp)
AMBROSIAN SINGERS
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Leader, Emanuel Hurwitz
Conducted by Benjamin Britten and Sir Arthur Bliss
Part 1

Contributors

Unknown:
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Soprano:
Heather Harper
Mezzo-Soprano:
Josephine Veasey
Mezzo-Soprano:
James Bowman
Tenor:
Peter Pears
Baritone:
Joh Shirley-Quirk
Harpsichord:
George Malcolm
Piano:
Ralph Downes
Harp:
Osian Ellis
Leader:
Emanuel Hurwitz
Conducted By:
Benjamin Britten

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